5/1/17 Tornado Damage by Chelsea Purgahn
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Bill Cockrum, center, eats a sandwich as he surveys the damage to his shop as his friends Glenda and Bill Cobb help pick up items and put shelves back together in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
An RV is torn apart and lays on its side on the Cockrum family's property in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Bill Cobb works to bend part of a shelf back into place as he helps his friend Bill Cockrum pick up his shop after a tornado in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Fallen trees and branches are scattered in the Cockrum family's backyard in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Bill Cockrum sits in a lawn chair and takes in the damage to his shop on his property after a tornado in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Sheet metal is intertwined in trees on the Cockrum family's property in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Bill Cobb picks up a piece of wood as he helps his friend Bill Cockrum's pick up after a tornado in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Glenda Cobb points to another piece of a shelf as she helps her friend Bill Cockrum pick up items that were in his shop in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
An RV is torn apart and lays on its side on the Cockrum family's property in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Bill and Glenda Cobb help pick up tools, shelves and other items that were once in their friend Bill Cockrum's shop in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A pair of eyeglasses sit on a power tool where Bill Cockrum's shop once stood on his property in Fruitvale, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Canton mayor Lou Ann Everett speaks during a press conference at the Canton police department in Canton, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Van Zandt County Judge Don Kirkpatrick speaks to media outside of the Canton Police Department in Canton, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A storage unit that lost its roof during a tornado Saturday in Canton, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Wes Spears of Bella Vista, Arkansas, helps load his parents Glenda and Randy's furniture into the bed of a truck as they take their belongings from a damaged storage facility in Canton, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Stacey Spears carries a bed frame from his parents Glenda and Randy's damaged storage unit to load into a truck in Canton, Texas, on Monday, May 1, 2017. Four confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF-0 to EF-3 touched down in Northeast Texas April 29, causing widespread damage and power outages. (Chelsea Purgahn/Tyler Morning Telegraph)